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Pennsylvania  Pharmaceutical  Association  for  exhibition  at  the  meet- 
ing of  the  Medical  Society  of  the  State  of  Pennsylvania,  at  Reading, 
Pa.,  September  23d  to  26th. 
Mr.  Ambrose  Hunsberger,  in  a  paper  entitled,  "  The  Need  for 
Personal  Work,"  expressed  the  opinion  that  personal  equation  was 
an  important  factor  in  the  development  of  the  professional  side  of 
pharmacy.  In  pharmacy,  as  in  all  professional  pursuits,  study  must 
be  continuous  and  constant.  The  man  who  has  given  up  the  study 
of  the  science  of  his  profession  has  begun  to  decline. 
The  battle  for  supremacy  is  on  in  earnest,  and  the  pharmacist,  to 
maintain  his  position,  must  be  able  to  refute  the  charge  of  incom- 
petence that  is  now  being  heard  on  all  sides.  To  succeed  as  he 
should,  he  must  produce  tangible  evidence  that  he  is  capable  of 
giving  better  service,  to  the  physician  and  his  patients,  than  is  the 
manufacturer  direct. 
Mr.  Hunsberger  insisted  that  personal  work  was  absolutely  essen- 
tial in  this  propaganda,  and  outlined  his  ideas  of  the  proper  course 
to  pursue  in  approaching  physicians.  In  conclusion,  he  recounted 
a  number  of  instances  of  how  not  to  do  it,  and  was  particularly 
earnest  in  his  warning  against  slovenliness  and  incompetence. 
Mr.  Franklin  M.  Apple  read  a  paper  on  "  Possibilities  of  Associa- 
tion Work,"  in  the  course  of  which  he  described  the  work  that  had 
been  done  under  his  leadership  as  chairman  of  the  Ethical  Prepara- 
tions Committee  of  the  N.A.R.D.  He  emphasized  the  fact  that 
pharmacists  must,  individually,  be  prepared  to  assist  the  association 
work  by  being  able  and  willing  to  demonstrate  their  ability  to  fur- 
nish the  necessary  preparations. 
Among  the  retarding  influences,  he  enumerated  carelessness  in 
making  the  official  preparations,  unpreparedness  on  the  part  of 
pharmacists,  the  publication  of  tactless  literature  and  the  demoral- 
izing influence  of  the  muck-rakers. 
Mr.  John  K.  Thum  read  the  concluding  paper,  entitled,  "  Some  of 
the  Obstacles  to  be  Overcome." 
He  characterized  as  the  most  serious  of  these  obstacles  the  apathy 
and  shortsightedness  that  appears  to  dominate  the  better  equipped 
and  generally  better  educated  pharmacist ;  and,  secondly,  the  well- 
developed  streak  of  laziness  that  is  such  a  common  characteristic  of 
the  average  retail  druggist  of  to-day. 
It  is  generally  known  that  physicians  are  willing  and  even  anxious 
